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In March 1818, Captain Adam Bolitho is commissioned to command the new frigate Onward. After a recent Caribbean engagement, he grapples with the prospect of being separated from his fiancée. Together with his seasoned coxswain Jago and the midshipman David Napier—whom he sees as a younger reflection of himself—Bolitho must accept the honour and challenge of leading His Britannic Majesty’s Ship. Facing corsairs and privateers in the Mediterranean, he navigates old enemies and ambitious rivals, forging uneasy alliances to protect the fleet in a time when many officers lack patronage and the Navy is in flux.
First publish date: 2007
Genre: Historical Fiction/19th Century Historical Fiction
Authors: Douglas Reeman
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